Spiderwomen

Lord Vetinari

Wasn't until I rotated this pic 180' I realised it appeared to have a masked face
Large female common orbweb spider Araneus diadematus

Brian v

GOLDENORFE

you watch too many movies

very good detail Brianm yes i can see it:D

r3t1awr3yd

Is that little thing in the middle of her abdomen where the webbing comes out??

Subanu

This shot has creepy goodness... Nice!!

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments - she does look rather strange

r3t1awr3yd - No that's the Epigyne see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigyne
The web spinning spinnarets are at the end of the abdomen - the slightly reddy brown bit - you can see a thread coming out.

Brian v.